Let’s go to the tape, Chumley. I amended two grades; in retrospect, Wilderness was a touch better than I gave it credit for, and Samurai Commando 1549, while excellent, was not quite “I’d want to own it on DVD.”
Which is the requirement for an A grade. B grades I’d recommend seeing. C grades, well. And D grades I’d recommend avoiding.
Grade A
The Great Yokai War (A+) Isolation (A+) Train Man (A+) All Out High (A) Evil Aliens (A) Reincarnation (A) Widerness (A, improved grade) The Echo (A-) Pusher 3 (A-)
Grade B
Five Deadly Venoms (B+) Samurai Commando 1549 (B+, dropped a notch) Shinobi (B+) Three Mighty Men (B) Ultraman Max (B) Vampire Cop Ricky (B) Aziris Nuna (B-) The Descendant (B-) The Order of One (B-) Storm (B-)
Didn’t Make the Grade
Red Shoes (C+) The Gravedancers (C-) Subject Two (C-)
Junk (D) Hell (incomplete/D) Resonnances (D)